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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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Vincent Pastore, best known for playing gangster informant Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

I think that’s the first time that Yasmin became a gangster.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

El Dorado is controlled by a gangster known only by his first name, Fabio, a Pablo Escobar-type character who has ingratiated himself with locals through acts of charity.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

His whereabouts are known by the loathsome twin giant worms, a brother and sister, who took over the planet Nal Hutta after the slaying of its gangster boss, Jabba the Hutt.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato were wearing their gangster suits.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

And it didn't help that public perception continued to associate tattoos with gangsters and organised crime.

From BBC May 29, 2026

“Audiences loved gangsters because they were fighting back at the man,” says Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, professor of media studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 21, 2026

There may have been some male suitors but never any who were gangsters.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

Critics say the links between Karachi’s gangsters and Islamist terrorists are overdrawn, that the real Karachi is far less glamorous than its Bollywood incarnation, and that one character’s Punjabi accent isn’t quite right.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

At fifty-one, he had served in the Coast Guard for most of his working life, and he had been tracking the gangsters for years.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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